(VIANEWS) – Watsco (WSO), FormFactor (FORM), American National Bankshares (AMNB) are the highest sales growth and return on equity stocks on this list.
Here is a list of stocks with an above 5% expected next quarter sales growth, and a 3% or higher return on equity. May these stocks be a good medium-term investment option?
1. Watsco (WSO)
9.9% sales growth and 23.23% return on equity
Watsco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of air conditioning, heating, refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies. The company distributes equipment, including residential ducted and ductless air conditioners, such as gas, electric, and oil furnaces; commercial air conditioning and heating equipment systems; and other specialized equipment. It also offers parts comprising replacement compressors, evaporator coils, motors, and other component parts; and supplies, such as thermostats, insulation materials, refrigerants, ductworks, grills, registers, sheet metals, tools, copper tubing, concrete pads, tapes, adhesives, and other ancillary supplies, as well as plumbing and bathroom remodeling supplies. The company serves contractors and dealers that service the replacement and new construction markets for residential and light commercial central air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration systems. It operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, as well as exports its products to Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Watsco, Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Watsco has a trailing twelve months EPS of $12.88.
PE Ratio
Watsco has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 34.47. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $34.47 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 23.23%.
2. FormFactor (FORM)
9.2% sales growth and 9.6% return on equity
FormFactor, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells probe cards, analytical probes, probe stations, metrology systems, thermal systems, and cryogenic systems to semiconductor companies and scientific institutions. It operates in two segments, Probe Cards and Systems. The company offers probe cards to test various semiconductor device types, including systems on a chip products, mobile application processors, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and graphic processors, as well as radio frequency, analog, mixed signal, image sensor, electro-optical, dynamic random access memory, NAND flash memory, and NOR flash memory devices; and analytical probes, which are used for a range of applications, including device characterization, electrical simulation model development, failure analysis, and prototype design debugging for universities, research institutions, semiconductor integrated device manufacturers, semiconductor foundries, and fabless semiconductor companies. It also provides probing systems for semiconductor design engineers to capture and analyze accurate data; surface metrology systems for the development, production, and quality control of semiconductor products; thermal subsystems, such as thermal chucks and other test systems used in probe stations and other applications; and precision cryogenic instruments, semiconductor tests, and measurement systems. In addition, the company offers on-site probe card maintenance and service training, seminars, and telephone support services. The company markets and sells its products through direct sales force, manufacturers' representatives, and distributors in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, China, Japan, Europe, rest of Asia-Pacific, and internationally. FormFactor, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Livermore, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, FormFactor has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.05.
PE Ratio
FormFactor has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 42.62. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $42.62 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 9.6%.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
FormFactor’s stock is valued at $44.75 at 20:22 EST, below its 52-week high of $47.94 and way higher than its 52-week low of $24.88.
Previous days news about FormFactor(FORM)
- Formfactor (form) Q1 earnings miss estimates. According to Zacks on Wednesday, 1 May, "While FormFactor has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors’ minds is: what’s next for the stock?"
- Formfactor (form) Q1 earnings lag estimates, revenues rise. According to Zacks on Thursday, 2 May, "On a non-GAAP basis, FormFactor expects earnings of 31 cents (+/- 4 cents) per share."
3. American National Bankshares (AMNB)
9% sales growth and 7.87% return on equity
American National Bankshares Inc. operates as the bank holding company for American National Bank and Trust Company that provides financial products and services in Virginia and North Carolina. The company operates through two segments, Community Banking, and Trust and Investment Services. It accepts deposit products, including checking, money market, savings, and consumer and commercial time deposits, as well as certificates of deposit. The company's loan products comprise commercial and residential real estate loans, commercial loans to small and medium-sized businesses, construction and land development loans, home equity loans, mortgage loans, and consumer loans. It also offers trust and investment services, such as estate planning, trust account administration, and retail brokerage services; online and telephone banking services; insurance services; and investment management services, including purchasing equity, fixed income, and mutual fund investments for customer accounts, as well as operates 37 automated teller machines. As of December 31, 2020, it operated 26 banking offices; and one loan production offices in Roanoke, Virginia. American National Bankshares Inc. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Danville, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, American National Bankshares has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.46.
PE Ratio
American National Bankshares has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 19.41. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $19.41 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 7.87%.
Sales Growth
American National Bankshares’s sales growth is negative 0.7% for the present quarter and 9% for the next.
Moving Average
American National Bankshares’s value is higher than its 50-day moving average of $45.87 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $41.53.
Dividend Yield
As stated by Morningstar, Inc., the next dividend payment is on Feb 16, 2024, the estimated forward annual dividend rate is 1.2 and the estimated forward annual dividend yield is 2.52%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for American National Bankshares is 0 which is 100% below its average volume of 20144.
4. Zoetis (ZTS)
7.4% sales growth and 49.82% return on equity
Zoetis Inc. engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and commercialization of animal health medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic products and services in the United States and internationally. The company commercializes products primarily across species, including livestock, such as cattle, swine, poultry, fish, and sheep and others; and companion animals comprising dogs, cats, and horses. It also offers parasiticides, vaccines, dermatology, other pharmaceutical, anti-infectives, animal health diagnostics, and medicated feed additives. In addition, the company provides animal health diagnostics, including point-of-care diagnostic products, instruments and reagents, rapid immunoassay tests, reference laboratory kits and services, and blood glucose monitors; and other non-pharmaceutical products, which include nutritionals, as well as products and services in biodevices, genetic tests, and precision animal health. It markets its products to veterinarians, livestock producers, and pet owners. The company has collaboration Blacksmith Medicines, Inc. to discover and develop novel antibiotics for animal health. Zoetis Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Zoetis has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.08.
PE Ratio
Zoetis has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 29.52. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $29.52 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 49.82%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Zoetis is 10891100 which is 276.1% above its average volume of 2895760.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8.5%, now sitting on 8.54B for the twelve trailing months.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the current quarter and the next is 2.3% and 7.1%, respectively.
Previous days news about Zoetis(ZTS)
- Zoetis (zts) Q1 earnings and revenues surpass estimates. According to Zacks on Thursday, 2 May, "Shares of Zoetis are rising during market hours on the back of better-than-expected first-quarter results. ", "In April 2024, Zoetis entered into a definitive agreement to divest its medicated feed additive product portfolio, certain water-soluble products and related assets for $350 million to Phibro Animal Health. "
5. Yelp (YELP)
6.2% sales growth and 13.59% return on equity
Yelp Inc. operates a platform that connects consumers with local businesses in the United States and internationally. The company's platform covers various categories, including restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, health, and other categories, as well as home, local, auto, professional, pets, events, real estate, and financial services. It provides free and paid advertising products to businesses, which include cost-per-click advertising and multi-location Ad products, as well as enables businesses to deliver targeted advertising to large and high-intent audience; and business listing page products. The company also offers other services comprising Yelp Guest Manager, a subscription-based suite of front-of-house management tools for restaurants, nightlife and certain other venues, which include online reservations, a waitlist management solution that allows consumers to check wait times and join waitlists remotely, as well as through hostless kiosks, and seating and server rotation management tools; Yelp Knowledge program that offers business owners local analytics and insights through access to its historical data and other proprietary content; and Yelp Fusion, which offers free access to various basic information through publicly available APIs, and paid access to content and data for consumer-facing enterprise use. In addition, it provides content licensing, as well as allows third-party data providers to update and manage business listing information on behalf of businesses. Further, the company offers its products directly through its sales force; indirectly through partners; and online through its website and business app, as well as non-advertising partner arrangements. It has partnership with Grubhub for providing consumers with a service to place food orders for pickup and delivery. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Yelp has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.35.
PE Ratio
Yelp has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.1. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.1 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 13.59%.
